Wed, 28 Apr 2010
Maha Mantra
Therefore know that Prajna Paramita is a Great Spiritual Mantra, a Great Bright Mantra, a Supreme Mantra, an Unequalled Mantra. It can remove all suffering; it is genuine and not false. That is why the Mantra of Prajna Paramita was spoken.
So the Heart Sutra has described the ground, path, and fruition. The Heart Sutra has decribed the sutrayana path, which attains enlightenment by the accumulation of merit and wisdom. It now gives the mantra of Prajnaparamita, in order to show that the mantrayana is also a path to enlightenment. The mantra is described with the attributes of a buddha, because in mantrayana mantra is the speech aspect of the buddha and thus has the enlightened qualities of the buddha. Prajnaparamita is personified as the mother of all the buddhas. She is the mother and not the father because in tantra wisdom is personified as the feminine half of the male-female duality. The male half is skill in means.
